What do you think about large animal issues? In some rural areas collisions with deer, moose, and elks are a serious problem and aggressive evasive maneuvers may be necessary. Are current autonomous driving systems able to recognize them quickly and accurately?
I sometimes wonder how autonomous cars would fare in very rural areas. In the country, there's usually nothing on the road at all. But when there is, it can sometimes be something strange like, as you said, a moose, or a piece of plywood, or a slow driving tractor.
When I was a teenager growing up in the rural Midwest, I drove a small sports car. I always wanted to see if I could fit under one of these things (a crop sprayer) when I came up behind one on the highway:
I wonder if this kind of vehicle would even register on some cars' systems, or if autopilot would just charge full speed ahead underneath to my teenage heart's content.
